Kingofpain89 wrote:
So what do they build the houses out of in Europe?  You guys still using mud and sticks or what?

Ehm, you know, there is stone, there are bricks and cement... I understand that the oldest standing building in the US is Hawthorne's house in Salem, MA which dates back to 17th century, but we have plenty of buildings which are centuries older than that and are still well inhabited without any risk of crumbling. Stone is almost eternal.

i can also smell it a mile off too. the smoke smell actually makes me feel sick

It didn't used to bother me, when I was around 11, but then my father died (due to a smoke-related assistance) and my mom stopped smoking... it took a few years, but now I can smell it when its around, and it gives me a headache, or makes me feel sick, depending on how strong it is.

Some people have allergies. This is not that much different, so I don't see why people would act as if its abnormal.

I have to admit, I can instantly smell smoke.. also smoke can yellow pages as it does wallpaper over long periods of time.
It's like the smell of dog, can't stand that either. It's a bitch to get out of soft furnishings too.

We don't smoke, don't own any pets due to my allergies and you know, money, but we do have a destructive little boy who apparently takes exception to the bible the Jehovas witness gave me as he's torn out Samuel 2. Maybe he just doesn't like David.

But anyway, I can smell smoke a mile off. Most of the time it turns my stomach but it depends on what sort of tabacco is being smoked. Some brands are less offensive than others, roll your owns tend to be less vomit inducing and pipe smoke is different again and reminds me of my granddad. Even so, i'd rather my books didn't smell of smoke, but alas.. our neighbour smokes and sometimes walking up the stairs I catch a waft of it seeping through the cracks in the wall near the bookshelf. It's revolting.

We have two inch thick stone walls, but our neighbours house and our own used to be one house, the bookshelf we keep our rp stuff on is built into the doorway that used to connect them on the top floor. their house was the shop so the downstairs are both seperate but upstairs used to be all the shopkeepers home. There's a part of me that would love to buy their house and smash through that bookshelf, heh. I don't think there's actually anything behind it so it's just a wooden set of shelving seperating us, odd huh?
In the basement at least they had a decency to cement it.

gyg wrote:
oh dear

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt

Did you say belt? oye you were lucky....(Could go on and on )

ShaneG.

gyg wrote:http://www.phespirit.info/montypython/f ... iremen.htm

(There would have been a time when I could have quoted verbatim from this, and many others - now I rely on google!!)(and don't even get me started on 'four candles' - must be an English thing I'm afraid)

I have to get back to listening to the CDs since I don't have the show DVDs.

ShaneG.

I love this guy:



http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Module-S1-TOMB ... dZViewItem





The following quotes are all from his item description:



   * S1 - TOMB OF HORRORS monochrome ; some highlighting

   * The lot is in excellent condition (see item Rating System below).



   Excellent = clearly not new, but still in great shape; no serious problems; no writing, highlighting, or stains; light corner/edge wear; may have price tag still affixed (good item for a typical user)





I've looked through several of his items and they are listed as in excellent condition and most list some or a lot of highlighting.

Busman wrote:I love this guy:


** expired/removed eBay auction **



The following quotes are all from his item description:

   * S1 - TOMB OF HORRORS monochrome ; some highlighting
   * The lot is in excellent condition (see item Rating System below).

   Excellent = clearly not new, but still in great shape; no serious problems; no writing, highlighting, or stains; light corner/edge wear; may have price tag still affixed (good item for a typical user)


I've looked through several of his items and they are listed as in excellent condition and most list some or a lot of highlighting.

I have bought from Guido quite often in the past and even though he doesnt always have the best descriptions and isnt the nitpickiest grader, he usually provides great pictures and his customer service is better than most sellers.  He is also a member of the forum.  Too bad he doesnt include the crazy stories with his auctions anymore.  We used to give him some shit over those a few years ago but they were an interesting read to say the least.  

Zenfinite wrote:Don't get me started about how wildly grading can swing. I've started relying solely on pictures to judge condition, it's always been the one thing about eBay I can't stand. The inability to hold it in my hand and flip through it. Make my own judgments on condition.

As long as none of my auctions pop up in this thread, I'm a happy seller.

Zen

I got burned on this, this week. The picture was not the same as the item I received. They were of similar quality, though I would have rather had the one in the photo.

The Fringe Dweller ... ?

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